Events from 2020 in the European Union.
Incumbents President of the European Council – Charles Michel Commission President – Ursula von der Leyen Council Presidency – Croatia (Jan – Jun 2020), Germany (July – Dec 2020) Parliament President – David Sassoli High Representative – Josep Borrell
Events
January 31 January – The United Kingdom and Gibraltar left the European Union.
July July - The European Union refuses an offer of 500 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. 29 July - Commissioner Dalli announced that applications for EU-funded town twinnings from six Polish towns had been rejected because of their adoption of "LGBT-free" or "family rights" resolutions.euronews, July 2020 August 18 August - Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro announce that the town of Tuchów in southern Poland would now receive 250,000 zlotys ($67,800) from the ministry's Justice Fund, to compensate for the EU funding reversal for its supports for LGBT-free zone.
November 17 November – Hungary and Poland veto the seven-year EU budget, over attempts to link funding to respect for rule of law. They both said that linking funding to rule of law will mean a loss to their nation's sovereignty.
December 10 December – Hungary and Poland drop their veto on the EU budget linked to rule of law conditionality. 17 December – The European Court of Justice rules that EU states can ban kosher and halal ritual slaughter.
See also
Country overviews European Union History of European Union Outline of European Union Politics of European Union Timeline of European Union history Years in European Union History of modern European Union Institutions of the European Union
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